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Noise is playing an ever-increasing role in our lives and seems a regrettable but ultimately avoidable corollary of current technology. The trend toward the use of more automated equipment, sports and pleasure craft, high-wattage stereo, larger construction machinery, and the increasing numbers of ground vehicles and aircraft has created a gradual acceptance of noise as a natural byproduct of progress. Indeed, prior to 1972 the only major federal activity in noise control legislation was a 1968 amendment to the Federal Aviation Act, whereby the FAA was directed to regulate civil aircraft noise during landings and takeoffs, including sonic booms.
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Chambers, J.P. (2005). Noise Pollution. In: Wang, L.K., Pereira, N.C., Hung, YT. (eds) Advanced Air and Noise Pollution Control. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 2. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-779-6_12
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